Jan Zdeněk Veselý

1850–1890 (age 40)

Biography

Playwright Jan Zdeněk Veselý gave the stage daring and thoughtful works that explored the human heart, often confronting society’s foibles with wit and insight.

He is commemorated at Vyšehrad as a dramatist who believed in theater’s power to provoke change and celebrate the human experience.

Also buried at Vyšehrad cemetery

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Vyšehrad cemetery
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Vladimír Pecháček
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Václav Vorlíček
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Vyšehrad cemetery